Overview
- Summary
- Agent Garbo tells the astonishing story of a self-made secret agent who matched wits with the best minds of the Third Reich--and won. Juan Pujol was a nobody, a Barcelona poultry farmer determined to oppose the Nazis. Using only his gift for daring falsehoods, Pujol became Germany's most valued agent--or double agent: it took four tries before the British believed he was really on the Allies' side. In the guise of Garbo, Pujol invented armadas out of thin air and brought a vast network of fictional subagents whirring to life. His German handlers believed every word, and banked on Garbo's lies as their only source of espionage within Great Britain. For his greatest performance, Pujol had to convince the German High Command that the D-Day invasion of Normandy was a feint and the real attack was aimed at Calais. The Nazis bought it.--From publisher description.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012
- Locale
- Great Britain
- Contents
-
pt. I. The Making of a Spy
1. Tom Mix in Barcelona
2. The Training Ground
3. Araceli
4. The white city 5. The Game
6. The Snakepit
pt. II. Garbo's Rise
7. A Fresh Riot of Ideas
8. The System
9. The Debut
10. The Blacks and the Santa Clauses
11. The Rehearsal
pt. III. The Far Shore
12. The Dry Run
13. An Intimate Deception
14. Haywire
15. The Interloper
16. The Ghost Army
17. The Backdrop
18. The Build-Up
19. The Prisoner
20. The Hours
21. The Weapon
pt. IV. Breakoff
22. The End
23. The Return. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283) and index.
pt. I. The Making of a Spy -- 1. Tom Mix in Barcelona -- 2. The Training Ground -- 3. Araceli -- 4. The white city 5. The Game -- 6. The Snakepit -- pt. II. Garbo's Rise -- 7. A Fresh Riot of Ideas -- 8. The System -- 9. The Debut -- 10. The Blacks and the Santa Clauses -- 11. The Rehearsal -- pt. III. The Far Shore -- 12. The Dry Run -- 13. An Intimate Deception -- 14. Haywire -- 15. The Interloper -- 16. The Ghost Army -- 17. The Backdrop -- 18. The Build-Up -- 19. The Prisoner -- 20. The Hours -- 21. The Weapon -- pt. IV. Breakoff -- 22. The End -- 23. The Return.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780547614816
0547614810 - Physical Description
- xvi, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered plates ; 24 cm
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